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Post-war filmmakers gave us the documentary, Rob Reiner gave us the mockumentary and Moore initiated a third genre, the crockumentary.

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Michael Moore
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 23
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Our laws demand that a corporation have a fiduciary responsibility with shareholders to maximize profits. They are legally required to make as much money as possible, any way possible within 'the law.'
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Many criminals believe what they say is true they could pass a lie detector test.
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I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married.
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I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at.
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Hope for the best is what we do, right from the moment we're born.
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They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet... We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.
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I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you.
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You survive by having your fear compass calibrated correctly. Our compass is off now because we're being told to be afraid of everything. The things that we're frightened of, or told to be frightened of, are not necessarily the things that we need to fear.
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